'Could have been a red' - King stunned by VAR after Tottenham controversy v Brentford

Bryan King was left baffled as VAR failed to intervene after Tottenham ace Guglielmo Vicario appeared to handle the ball outside the box against Brentford.

The ex-Spurs scout believes the goalkeeper could have potentially been sent off.

Vicario looked as if he handled the ball outside the box midway through the second half as Spurs beat Brentford 3-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday (21 September).

And King – speaking exclusively to Tottenham News – doesn’t understand why nothing was done.

“I was surprised by the Vicario incident,” King said.

“He came for the cross and his hands were all wrong, then he continued outside of the box. His first touch was on the line. However, on his third touch, he was a yard outside the penalty box.

“Then the Brentford player is the one who is booked for complaining. However, VAR did nothing about it. That was handball outside the box, and nothing was done about it.

“Where were the people in the VAR room? Had they gone to the toilet? I couldn’t work out why Brentford didn’t get a free-kick.

“As for Vicario, he would have been booked. However, there was the possibility that it could have been a red card, but there was no action taken at all.”

Guglielmo Vicario gets away with one for Tottenham v Brentford?

Had Vicario been sent off for his actions, that might have completely changed the game.

Spurs were only 2-1 up at that point in the match. Therefore, Brentford might have clawed their way back into the game had the hosts been reduced to 10 men.

As a result, Ange Postecoglou and his players will no doubt be breathing a big sigh of relief, with Vicario once again causing his manager unnecessary stress.

In other Tottenham news, Postecoglou is likely to have words with one key player after what he did against Brentford.

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